Gianluca Nani

Gianluca Nani

Gianluca Nani (born 1 October 1962) is a Italian sporting and football technical director. On 17 March, 2008 it was announced that he would take up this role for English Premier League team West Ham United. [ [http://www.whufc.com/page/News/0,,12562~1267465,00.html Ginaluca Nani unveiled] ] He joined the club in June 2008 having signed a three year contract [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/03/18/sfnwes118.xml Gianluca Nani to join West Ham from Brescia] ] and has responsibility for the academy, scouting, transfers (with former team manager Alan Curbishley) and for the training ground department.

Born in Rome, Nani studied law and organised football tournaments in Spain [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/03/17/ufnwes217.xml Gianluca Nani named as West Ham director] ] before working as Brescia Calcio's sporting director commencing in 1999. During this time he was credited with developing talents such as World Cup winners Andrea Pirlo and Luca Toni.cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/7300255.stm|title=West Ham confirm Nani appointment |date=2008-03-17|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-05-06] He was also involved in the arrival of 1993 World Player of the Year Roberto Baggio, who spent four years at the club.

He speaks fluent English, Spanish, and French along with his native Italian. [cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/article3569666.ece|title=Gianluca Nani appointed West Ham technical director|date=2008-03-17|publisher=The Times|accessdate=2008-05-06]

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